Automobile fifth-wheel.



E. A. OLIVER. AUTOMOBILE FIFTH WHEEL. APPLIGATION FILED MAY 1a, 1908.

Patented July 20, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFF oE.

EVERTJ A. OLIVER. or RItHLANl), iussouai.

'AUTOMOBILE FIFTH-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1909.

Application filed May 18, 1908. SeriaI No. 433,487.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, LVERTT A. OLIVER, a

citizen of the United States, "residing at RICl1lflI1d,'IlI1 the-county, of Pulaski, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new. and

.useful Automobile Fifth-\Vheel, of which the following is a specification.

.My invention relates to improvements in autOmObile fifth-wheels in which two perpendicular bolts with antifriction rollers and v a king-pin with antif-riction rollers secured in a housing are adapted to-guide-a.cable onto a grooved wheel secured to the front axle: and the objects" of my invention are first, to provide a,means by which a cable running from a wheel on the hind axle will be guided onto a wheel on the. front axle: second,- to. reduce the friction of the cable on the guides: third, to provide ameans by .half of the housing. Fig. 4 is a perspective view; of, thelower half of the housing. -Fig.

5 is a perspective view of. the king pin and guide bolts. F 6 is. perspective'view of the head piece to wlnc the reaches are secured. Fig. 7 1s a perspective v ew of the anti-friction rollers, and Fig. 8 is a perspec.

tive view of the axle.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several-views.

' The king-pin A, has ahorizontal amt widened at the front end with holesfor the Ipurpose of securing the front end of the the center of the front axle. The horizontal ,45

ody or spring of the automobile to the fifthwheel which horizontal arm reaches 0 above arm of the king-pin A, has-a friction surface .a, whichrests on'friction surface it. The

perpendicular portionof king-pin A, passes through the rear edge of housing H, anti-v frict-ion'roller D, head piece E, another antifrictionroller D, and through rear edge of housing I, where it is secured by a nut. The

" bolts B B,' hold inposition antlfriction rollers CC, and said bolts B B, have a shoulder at each end that fits snugly against the undcr side of housingI-I, and the upper side of housing I. and are secured at each'end by a nut. The antifriction i'ollers O (Land 1) I),

are adapted to guide the cable K K, onto the wheel F. This cable is a driving cable which passes around a wheel secured tothe rear axle (not shown) and extends'from the latter to the wheel F on the front'axle. The cable K K, passes on one side of antifriction rollers D D, when going on and toward 'wheel F, and passes twice around wheel F,

and when going off and from wheel F, passes on the opposite side. at opposite end of antifriction rollers D D, which equalizes the I friction of the cable between-friction rollers C C, and D. The .axlei G, wheel F, cable K K, reaches J J, and bands with set screws 9 g, are no part of my invention and are shown and referred to for completeness.

1. In 'a running gear for vehicles, the

combination with a driving cable, of an axle,

a grooved wheel secured to said axle and arranged to be driven by said cable, a housing for said wheel, a king pin journaled insaid housing, and guide members carried by said housing andarranged to cooperate with said king pin for guiding said driving cable onto and off from said wheel.

'2. In a running gear for vehicles, the combination with a driving cable, of an axle, a grooved wheel secured to said axle and arranged to be driven by said cable, a housing v for said wheel, a, kingpin. carriedby said housing and having a laterally extending arin providedwith an expanded head, a

guide member carried by saidhousing on each side of said king pin and cooperating with the latter to guide said driving cable,

onto and off from said wheel.

3. In a running gear for vehicles, the combination with a driving cable, of an axle, a grooved wheel secured to said axle and arranged'to be driven by said cable, a housing for said wheel, a king pin carried by said housing and having its axis disposed in the.

plane of said wheel and being-provided with alaterally extending integral arm arranged tobe attached to the body of the vehicle, a 'guide member.carried by said housing on each side of said king pin, and arranged to cooperate with thelatter to guide said cable onto and ofi" from said wheel, androllers arranged exteriorly of said guide members and said king pin'for lessening the friction] of said guiding means.

. 4. In a running gear for vehicles, the combination with a driving cable, of an axle, a,

grooved Wheel secured to said axle and arranged to be driven by said cable, a housin for said Wheel, a king pin carried by sai housing and having its axis disposed in the plane of said Wheel and bein provided with a laterally extending integra arm arranged to be attached to the body of the vehicle, a head piecesecured to said king pin centrally of said housing, a guide member carried by said housing on each side of said king pin, rollers arranged exteriorly of said guide members, a roller arranged exteriorlyof said Q king pin belowsaid head, and a rollenarguiding said cable onto and off from said Wheel.

v EVERTT A; OLIVER. 'Witne'sses:

S. L. GIBSON, A. E. OnIvnR. 

